Improved cab-bbake shoe



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' BI L. OOUNTISS.

' AAAAAA KE SHOE.

No. 62,940.' Patented Mar. 19,,1867.

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CAR BRAKE SHOE.

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EDMUND L. COUN TISS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Pdt entNo. 62,240. dated-March 19, 1867. i

- IMPROVED GAB-BRAKE SHOE.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, EDMUND L. OOU-NTISS, of the city ofPhilullelphie,-in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a. new anduseful improvement on .a. Reversible Oar-Brake Shoe; and" I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of" the same, reference being; had to theannexed drawings, makings part of I this specification, in which;- i

Figure 1 is a view of'the shoe when set in its proper position.

Figure 2 is a. vertical section of the some. I

Figure 3 is a. view of the shoe detached from the broke.

, Figure 4 is a view of the'receiver of the shoewith its sockets andslots.

Figure 5, a horizontal section of. .the socket oi the receiver. I

I construct the shoe of iron, in the ordinary shape, with catches r: cat each end, with a square-headed lug, d, which enters the socketg ofthe receiver 6. This receiver I construct of iron, in the shape shown,with the socket g in its centre. This socket is flanged to receive thelug d, and the bolt c, which fastens this receiver to the broke; 'I alsoprovide the slot and hole at Zfor receiving the catch 0. At the lowerend of the receiver I construct a double-inciined slot or groove for theplay of the catch 0 in reversing. When in place the shoe is retained bythe catch a at the top, and the lug d'in the centre. After the shoe hasworn away at the top or upper part, it may he slipped out and reversedat once.

I do not claim the shape of the shoe, nor'the reversible movement, as Iam well aware that a. reversible carbrake shoe has already been usedwhich requiredpins or bolts to keep it in place; but whatI claim es myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the shoe, with the catches c c and the square-headedlug (1 attached, together with the receiver 6, shaped as shown, with itsslotted hole 1, socket g, with its flanges, and the double-inclinedgroove, constructed and arranged in the manner described.

E. L. COUNTISS.

Witnesses:

WM. CONNER, WM. B. Wresrns'.

